A short note on Facebook

Ditto, Tim... I signed up for Myspace a while ago but never had the time to actually get it up and running and looking good, whereas Facebook has been great for getting back in touch with folks I haven't seen for ages and it's quick and easy to check...

Snorri xxx

Hmmmmm.........well I seem to be in the minority again; I can't get to grips with Facebook at all.....in fact the only thing I really use it for is email! None of my real world friends use it (they are far too grown up!), so there is little point.........and Jeff is really nasty to me on there too........

Myspace is much more fun! Come across a few erm.......'strange' folk, but on the whole have a good laugh, apart from the bands, most people as my 'friends' are and I can find loads of music too!

(Oh, and people can't throw bombs or poke me! - yes Jeff - that was a direct dig!)

I feel revenge is sweet.

Cue Edel.

Snorrimon wrote: Ditto, Tim... I signed up for Myspace a while ago but never had the time to actually get it up and running and looking good, whereas Facebook has been great for getting back in touch with folks I haven't seen for ages and it's quick and easy to check...

Snorri xxx

You've not asked me to be your friend

Burt Reynolds wrote: I quite like facebook, cos its amusing how many people enter 'Burt's Scrabble Slaughterhouse'.

So it wasn't just me, then. "total domination" is too mild a term.

I rather like Facebook though, some of the local groups and a few of the apps are cool, but I try not to overwhelm myself (and others) with the more frivolous ones.

the girl who lived across from me my freshman year of college just got in touch via facebook. i hadn't seen her or spoken to her since graduation. it's nice to see an old face!

El Jarvo wrote:

Steve One wrote: not interested in all this "How many friends have you got?" thing.

Which is lucky, considering your chosen profession!

Thanks.

King John Honest John wrote:

El Jarvo wrote:

Steve One wrote: not interested in all this "How many friends have you got?" thing.

Which is lucky, considering your chosen profession!

oink oink!!

Do people still call us "the pigs" John? I thought that was old fashioned myself.

Anyone see the Watchdog feature on 'Social Networking' sites last week.

They used an account to send out unsolicited 'friend' requests. They then showed how, from the personal data shared by those who accepted the request, it was possible to steal enough of that persons identity to be able to set up a bank account or get a credit card without their knowledge.

Depends on A. How much info you fill in on your profile. And B. if you accept every friend request with no idea who it may be.

So essentially, you'll get fucked by this, only if you are exactly the sort of person who gets fucked by 419 scammers, money trees and shite knock off goods from car boot sales.

I once seen (by way of having it shown to me rather than an original find), a guy post his credit card number on an open public forum.

Doctor? wrote:

Depends on A. How much info you fill in on your profile.

Name and date of birth were enough...

Old Blue wrote:

Doctor? wrote:

Depends on A. How much info you fill in on your profile.

Name and date of birth were enough...

I may have to call bollox on them for that.

I seem to recall having to fill in slightly more than that on most application forms.

Of course if you cross reference such info with that which the government or companies have collected on you and published without your knowledge...........

They implied (without giving exact details, for obvious reasons) that name and DOB were good enough to get your address from the electoral roll website. Armed with the address they then visited 'another site' and were able to get the mortgage application details, including mothers maiden name. May not have been THAT easy, but they suggested it was.

It's not just Facebook, of course. Anyone browsing the personal profiles on message boards like this could potentially do the same.

BIGINOIL wrote:

Snorrimon wrote: Ditto, Tim... I signed up for Myspace a while ago but never had the time to actually get it up and running and looking good, whereas Facebook has been great for getting back in touch with folks I haven't seen for ages and it's quick and easy to check...

Snorri xxx

You've not asked me to be your friend

My bad... Would you be my friend? Actually I was waiting until someone invented a £40 application, so I could send you £40...

Snorri xxx

inevitably springs to mind

Don't forget Snorri...

Rejection is one thing, but rejection from a fool is cruel!

Old Blue wrote: ...name and DOB were good enough...

Getting hold of someone's name and DOB is pretty simple via a lot of means.

I suppose gathering them from the net from people who live far away is preferable to rummaging through your neighbours bins though.

omg I couldn't do without my facebook. it's becoming an addiction :)

I think Facebook is great - I'm now in contact with lots of friends i had lost touch with through the years - and what's better, I've met up with most of them as a result!

There are a lot of applications that are rubbish, and i've got a rid of a lot that i added initially, but how can any one not love playing scrabble? It's a great game to play with friends, and even my Joe gets involved!

I also like to know what friends are up to - it's quite funny at times, especially when we all have so many different things going on in our lives, gigs, new relationships, dates etc.... It's a great way to keep in touch and it's nice to see how people are getting on (or not as the case may be!) It's also been a good tool in bringing me closer to other friends I didn't see on such a regular basis.

That said, I had requests from people I didn't really know and thought because I saw other friends in their friend list that i must know them - but I don't - and i have deleted some people from my friends list now if they're really not people who are relevant to me.

As for the privacy features - it is a bit dodgy at times, just the other day Missy J and Monty made a comment on a new photo I had posted of me and a friend. He ended up getting an e-mail, in his words "saying some strange woman had commented on our photo" - who actually turned out to be Jem....... but although Jem had posted those comments on my facebook, it had also gone through to his - and that shouldn't really happen. (I denied all knowledge of knowing any strange women)

There are loads of security features on facebook, however i've not used or experimented with all of them - so I think there are ways to limit any privacy issues, if you can be bothered to go through all the proccess.

As with everything - I don't take facebook totally seriously, and although I enjoy coming in at 2 in the morning and sending JG drunk love messages (mushroom) - it's all just a laugh at the end of the day, and nearly all the people I know on there have very active social lives away from it (if anything, it's made things hectic in "the real world" for me, which is nice), myself included - so i beg to differ with those that post here constantly about it being just a tool for "sad" people who feel the need to pretend they have "lots" of friends!

Although, I do have loads!

Bonzette wrote:

As for the privacy fetures - it is a bit dodgy at times, just the other day Missy J and Monty made a comment on a new photo I had posted of me and a friend. He ended up getting an e-mail, in his words "saying some strange woman had commented on our photo" - who actually turned out to be Jem....... but although Jem had posted those comments on my facebook, it had also gone through to his - and that shouldn't really happen. (I denied all knowledge of knowing any strange women)

Gotta admit though, she is a VERY strange woman ;)

Doctor? wrote:

Bonzette wrote:

As for the privacy fetures - it is a bit dodgy at times, just the other day Missy J and Monty made a comment on a new photo I had posted of me and a friend. He ended up getting an e-mail, in his words "saying some strange woman had commented on our photo" - who actually turned out to be Jem....... but although Jem had posted those comments on my facebook, it had also gone through to his - and that shouldn't really happen. (I denied all knowledge of knowing any strange women)

Gotta admit though, she is a VERY strange woman ;)

I'll take your word for it - I don't know her!

I'm not sure how effective the "privacy" is on these applications. Apologies to anyone yesterday who was told I wanted to shag them! It was this marry/kill/sex thing where three of your friends pictures appear and you have to choose which one you would shag, which you would marry etc. It turns out that it tells whoever you vote for!

I don't know whether to be relieved or offended at not receiving notification of this...

Snorri xxx

And Hayley, if you read this. Fookin' stop bombarding all MY mates with your incessant shite!

oldmonkey wrote: And Hayley, if you read this. Fookin' stop bombarding all MY mates with your incessant shite!

Quite!

Wiped out!

FFS the stupid bint has just added me as an enemy because I advised her to stop spamming people! Time for an ostracism I think.

Andrew McGough is one of the lads who's been on the Viking periphery, I've known him for a few years. Short dumpy guy, nice lad, a few of you have met him I think. He's been to 20+ New Order, and a few Digital and Re: Order gigs, think he's a member here as well. Hayley was his girlfriend until very recently, and she seems to have gone a bit doolally in the last week. Hell hath no fury and all that.

El Jarvo wrote:

oldmonkey wrote: And Hayley, if you read this. Fookin' stop bombarding all MY mates with your incessant shite!

Who is Hayley?

And who's the Andrew McThingy fella who's added everyone too(though I don't know the fella so didn't accept).

No idea - hence deleted.

Rather than bringing it all out here, Tim - just get deleting.

Bit childish all round otherwise, don't you think?

oldmonkey wrote: Andrew McGough is one of the lads who's been on the Viking periphery, I've known him for a few years. Short dumpy guy, nice lad, a few of you have met him I think. He's been to 20+ New Order, and a few Digital and Re: Order gigs, think he's a member here as well. Hayley was his girlfriend until very recently, and she seems to have gone a bit doolally in the last week. Hell hath no fury and all that.

Is this the same Hayley who joined my Facebook group?

The legendary and sucessful facebook group, might I add.